Vl E Alpine
Luther, MI 49656

As a fairly new employee at Pine River Area Schools, I absolutely love that the employees pour their hearts and souls into the students. Our staff and community members are very supportive of our student and programs. We all work together very well, always putting our students first. Our staff works very hard to prepare our students academically as well as socially, emotionally and also helps meet their basic needs so they can learn, progress and flourish as citizens of our school, community, state, nation and world.

The school lost it's "community feel" charm. The secretary is unfriendly most of the time. When she's not, it seems that she's trying too hard not to tell you how she really feels. Mrs. McConnell & Mrs. Kastl are awesome with the children. Other than them, I haven't found staff who really seem to care about the children/families without a biased opinion. The principal smiles a lot and is "nice", but I'm not sure she does much more than that. She doesn't even have a contact phone number! I believe it's the secretary who's really running that place, which doesn't say much. The school is too small, not to mention the parking lot that parents are aloud to use only holds a few cars without having to cross the busy road. I'm always irritated when I pull up early to see 10-15 cars taking up parking spaces are from STAFF! There is a large parking lot in the back that they should be using in order for safety of the children (so they are not constantly crossing the road - it can be very dangerous), but their choice of parking only reflects their general concern for students, in my opinion. My daughter has a very lovely teacher whom she adores. If she did not, she would have been taken out already. I am already looking at other options for next year.